Sharing similar values to Springfree™ Trampoline, we’ve always loved and continue to support the work that kidsafe do here in Australia…   Keeping kids safe!

Kidsafe is the leading non-government, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the prevention of unintentional childhood injuries and provides an information service for parents and carers of children on all aspects of child safety and injury prevention.

Injuries are still the leading cause of death in Australian children aged one to fourteen, accounting for nearly half of all deaths in this age group. More children die of injury than die of cancer, asthma and infectious diseases combined. There is still much more work to be done to reduce this shocking statistic.

In South Australia, the Kidsafe Centre is located in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital at North Adelaide. They provide an education, information and resource service on child safety and injury prevention at home, in the backyard, on the road, etc.

There major fundraising function for 2011 is the DIVA Club Ladies Luncheon – ‘DIVAs go Wild @ Sanctuary Adelaide Zoo’ – to be held this Friday 9th September.

We are pleased to help as their major raffle prize for the 2011 DIVA Ladies Luncheon donating– a R54 Compact Round Springfree™ Trampoline.

For more information on Kidsafe SA and the Diva Club, please see http://www.kidsafesa.com.au/.

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Springfree™ Trampoline has been working tirelessly for the past 6 years make parents aware of the dangers of traditional spring-based trampolines in a bid to keep our little treasures safe.

But it’s also just as important to keep them safe inside the home.  The QLD government has today released a great DVD to let parents know about the potential dangers of furniture. 

The DVD called “Climb, Tumble, fall – Steps to Furniture Safety” can be viewed here www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au

They also provide some great tips for parents:

  • Large TV’s should be fastened to a wall or placed far enough back on the furniture to ensure they’re out of reach to small children
  • Keep electrical cords out of child’s reach
  • Discourage children from climbing, jumping (leave this to the Springfree™ Trampoline;) or playing on furniture
  • Place items of interest – such as bottles and toys – within easy reach to discourage climbing.

Kidsafe always do a great job in advocating preventable injuries for kids and you can find loads of info here http://www.kidsafensw.org/homesafety/home_fittings.htm

What other tips do you have to keep your kids safe when it comes to furniture?

taxiI’ve just returned from a girlie trip in Melbourne with my mum, my sister and her 7 month old daughter Tia.

Travelling with an infant we tried to avoid getting taxi’s as much as possible but there were situations when it just couldn’t be avoided.

To be completely honest, I never once thought about how babies travel in Taxi’s, I just assumed you could order cabs with restraints installed.

I was surprised to say the least when I discovered that child restraints were not mandatory and all you had to do was hold on to your infant when travelling.

Working for an innovative company where we have taken a 70 year old design, spent millions of dollars in research to come up with a Trampoline design that keeps your kids safe and ‘prevent’ injury, I am shocked that a public system so old in tradition is yet take the same type of initiative.

The Taxi industry is against the idea of mandatory restraints, saying that shared devices would be disease carriers that would put children’s health at risk.

Kidsafe Victoria President Mark Stokes called for a trail of overhead lockers in cabs to hold child safety devices as a solution.

What do you think about the making restraints mandatory? Have you ever had a bad experience in a cab with your children?

South Australian ‘ladies that lunch’ have again raised the profile (and cash) for child safety and injury prevention.

Named after the magnificent racing mare, Makybe Diva, Adelaide’s exclusive girls Diva Club was launched in 2007 to raise money for the Kidsafe SA branch.

DivaLunchThe luncheon fundraiser has grown and is now Kidsafe SA’s most profitable fundraising event of the year, helping them to raise awareness for accidental child injury.

And their latest luncheon was no disappointment – with hundreds of raffle tickets sold to win an SF40 Springfree™ Trampoline. The ladies had their DIVA glare going when long time Kidsafe supporter, Jo Connolly won.  Well not really, everyone was stoked for her, but let’s not ruin a good story.

Springfree™ Trampoline is very happy to be able to partner with Kidsafe as we both share a united vision – to keep children safe!

For more information on Kidsafe Australia please see www.kidsafesa.com.au

For any further info on Springfree™ Trampoline, please visit the Springfree Trampoline website.

Thanks for reading – until next time, safe jumping!

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